AAN News

'Meta-tagging' Tool Helps Newspapers Compete With GoogleNewsnew

The Editors Weblog  |  11-15-2006  10:11 am  |  Industry News

Newspapers Told to Skip Young Adults, Focus on Teens at NAA Confabnew

Three quarters of 13- to 17-year-olds who read newspaper content targeted to their age group went on to read their hometown papers between the ages of 18 and 24, a Newspaper Association of America Foundation study found.
AP via Editor & Publisher  |  11-14-2006  3:28 pm  |  Industry News

Parks Returns to JFP Fold as Blogger, Columnistnew

Casey Parks, a former assistant editor who left to earn her master's in journalism at the University of Missouri, is back at the Jackson Free Press as a contributing editor. Parks joins the JackBlog lineup and is penning a series of columns about a reporting trip she took to Africa with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof after winning an essay-writing contest.
Jackson Free Press  |  11-14-2006  2:40 pm  |  Industry News

Santa Fe Reporter Named First in its Class Three Times

SFR landed three first-place awards in the most recent contest of the New Mexico Press Association. Staff writer Nathan Dinsdale was recognized for news writing and feature writing, while staff writer Dan Frosch placed first in investigative reporting.
11-14-2006  9:00 am  |  Honors & Achievements

Alternative Press Vet Takes Top Spot at Colorado Magazinenew

John Mecklin, former editor at SF Weekly and Phoenix New Times, has been named editor in chief of High Country News, a biweekly newsmagazine focused on the American West.
High Country News  |  11-14-2006  7:48 am  |  Industry News

ABC Mag Rules Could Trickle Down to Newspapersnew

Editor & Publisher  |  11-14-2006  10:08 pm  |  Industry News

Retail Category Rings Up Strong Magazine Ad Growth in Octobernew

Publishers Information Bureau  |  11-14-2006  9:12 am  |  Industry News

Study: One in Three Shoppers to Brave Black Fridaynew

Media Buyer Planner  |  11-14-2006  8:50 am  |  Industry News

Research Firm Tests Mobile Phone Surveys on 16- to 24-Year-Oldsnew

Advertising Age  |  11-14-2006  8:39 am  |  Industry News

Mobile Web Likely to Boost Local Searchnew

Online Media Daily (reg. req.)  |  11-14-2006  8:31 am  |  Industry News

New Miller Campaign Encourages Beer-Drinkers to Trade Downnew

AP via Newsnet5.com  |  11-14-2006  8:17 am  |  Industry News

Welcome to Our New Home Page

AAN's executive director describes some of the changes and explains why they were made. (FULL STORY)
Richard Karpel  |  11-13-2006  1:36 pm  |  Association News

Style Weekly Publisher Resigns, Plans to Teachnew

Jim Wark has given up his post as publisher of the Richmond, Va.-based alt-weekly and intends to teach in Richmond's inner-city public schools. First, the 47-year-old will become a full-time student himself, returning to school to earn a teaching certificate and a master's in education. "I'd like to do as much good as I can with the 15 or so years of work I have left in me," Wark told the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Richmond Times-Dispatch  |  11-13-2006  12:50 pm  |  Industry News

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